All New-England Team (All time)

[Vowelguy]

Best players (HS+Coll+pro) from New England.
HS success alone is not sufficient for this list - the players were evaluated based on the total career.

Who'd I miss?
Let the debate begin!

1st team

Jen Rizzotti (CT) UConn
Nykesha Sales (CT) UConn
Tracy Claxton (CT) Kansas/ODU
Rebecca Lobo (MA) UConn
Kara Wolters (MA) UConn
​

2nd team

Jamila Wideman (MA) Stanford
Michelle Edwards (MA) Iowa
Tracy Lis (CT) Providence
Tonya Cardoza (MA) Virginia
Kerry Bascom (NH) UConn​

3rd team

Cindy Blodgett (ME) Maine
Da'Shena Stevens (CT) St Johns
Nadine Domond (CT) Iowa
Carla Berube (MA) UConn
Carolyn Swords (MA) BC​

HM

Maria Conlon (CT) UConn
Rita Williams (CT) UConn
Laura Lishness (CT) UConn
Brianne Stepherson (MA) BC
Saona Chapman (CT) Rutgers
Jillian Danker (MA) Vanderbilt
Morgan Valley (VT) UConn
Naomi Graves (MA) URI​

 

[Dabber]

Best players (HS+Coll+pro) from New England.
HS success alone is not sufficient for this list - the players were evaluated based on the total career.

Who'd I miss?
Let the debate begin!

1st team

Jen Rizzotti (CT) UConn
Nykesha Sales (CT) UConn
Tracy Claxton (CT) Kansas/ODU
Rebecca Lobo (MA) UConn
Kara Wolters (MA) UConn
​

2nd team

Jamila Wideman (MA) Stanford
Michelle Edwards (MA) Iowa
Tracy Lis (CT) Providence
Tonya Cardoza (MA) Virginia
Kerry Bascom (NH) UConn​

3rd team

Cindy Blodgett (ME) Maine
Da'Shena Stevens (CT) St Johns
Nadine Domond (CT) Iowa
Carla Berube (MA) UConn
Carolyn Swords (MA) BC​

HM

Maria Conlon (CT) UConn
Rita Williams (CT) UConn
Laura Lishness (CT) UConn
Brianne Stepherson (MA) BC
Saona Chapman (CT) Rutgers
Jillian Danker (MA) Vanderbilt
Morgan Valley (VT) UConn
Naomi Graves (MA) URI​

 

[Dabber]

Nice thread. Too early in her career to add Kiah Gillespie (Maryland - not Florida State)?

 

[Dabber]

Nice thread. Too early in her career to add Kiah Gillespie (Maryland - not Florida State)?

OOOOPS - - NOW Florida State!

 

[Vowelguy]

Nice thread. Too early in her career to add Kiah Gillespie (Maryland - not Florida State)?

Done little so far in college.

 

[BroadwayVa]

Best players (HS+Coll+pro) from New England.
HS success alone is not sufficient for this list - the players were evaluated based on the total career.

Who'd I miss?
Let the debate begin!

1st team

Jen Rizzotti (CT) UConn
Nykesha Sales (CT) UConn
Tracy Claxton (CT) Kansas/ODU
Rebecca Lobo (MA) UConn
Kara Wolters (MA) UConn
​

2nd team

Jamila Wideman (MA) Stanford
Michelle Edwards (MA) Iowa
Tracy Lis (CT) Providence
Tonya Cardoza (MA) Virginia
Kerry Bascom (NH) UConn​

3rd team

Cindy Blodgett (ME) Maine
Da'Shena Stevens (CT) St Johns
Nadine Domond (CT) Iowa
Carla Berube (MA) UConn
Carolyn Swords (MA) BC​

HM

Maria Conlon (CT) UConn
Rita Williams (CT) UConn
Laura Lishness (CT) UConn
Brianne Stepherson (MA) BC
Saona Chapman (CT) Rutgers
Jillian Danker (MA) Vanderbiltaou
Morgan Valley (VT) UConn
Naomi Graves (MA) URI​

A comment or three : 1 I do appreciate this kind of thread acknowledging New England/Conn kids 2. Teams, even the very best have more than 5--so I suggest you expand 1,2,3 to a larger number 3. Your HM groups a couple belong in the 1-2 teams--
I'll leave it for others to determine whom that may be--I'm biased towards at least 2.

 

[bschwartz]

Somewhere, Bria Holmes (CT) West Virginia/Atlanta Dream merits a place on the list.

 

[Vowelguy]

Somewhere, Bria Holmes (CT) West Virginia/Atlanta Dream merits a place on the list.

Damn. That was a big miss. I'd put her at least on the 3rd team knocking Domond out.

 

[rugbymate]

Cindy Blodgett gets my vote for first team...no NE player scored more points than her and I believe she was a 4 time all-american....first round WNBA pick also

 

[Vowelguy]

Cindy Blodgett gets my vote for first team...no NE player scored more points than her and I believe she was a 4 time all-american....first round WNBA pick also

Blodgett 1st team instead of who?

 

[rugbymate]

Blodgett 1st team instead of who?

Well, her stats are better than all of those on the strawman first team....the most politic replacement would be Claxton...having said that there was no WNBA in Claxton's time

 

[triaddukefan]

Perhaps you could get Maine native and former Maine Head Coach Joanne McCallie to coach this New England team

 

[Waquoit]

Cindy Blodgett gets my vote for first team...no NE player scored more points than her and I believe she was a 4 time all-american....first round WNBA pick also

Yeah, no. We saw how she stacked up against the varsity when she played UConn.

 

[huskyblooz]

There is NO better player HS player in the last 50 years to come out of New England better than Nadine Domond. Nobody!

I'm talking HS. I know she spurned Geno for Viv. She had injuries. But in HS, she was the best

 

[Waquoit]

I'm talking HS. I know she spurned Geno for Viv.

Then Viv left her high and dry. That's why kids transferring doesn't bother me.

 

[rugbymate]

Yeah, no. We saw how she stacked up against the varsity when she played UConn.

By that standard virtually no one who plays against UCONN should be all-American...consensus AA Kelsey Mitchell 8 pts on 2 of 14 shooting, , I could go on and on with examples

 

[Aluminny69]

Here's a list to choose from:

http://www.ctwomensbasketballhalloffame.com/inductees

 

[Aluminny69]

Best female athlete from New England, without a doubt, Joan Joyce!

Joan Joyce has to be one of the most incredible female athletes of all time. She has left an indelible mark on women’s athletics -- creating a legacy that has been instrumental in bringing women’s athletics into the public spotlight.

In basketball, Joyce was a four time Women’s Basketball Association (WBA) All-American and a three time AAU All-American. In 1964, she set a national tournament single-game scoring record (67 points) and played on the 1965 U.S. National Team. Joyce was a highly regarded basketball official from 1958-1972. She officiated several CIAC State Tournament games and three AIAAW national championship games.

Joyce is perhaps best known for her talents on the softball field. Currently Head Coach at Florida Atlantic University, she played for the Raybestos Brakettes for 19 seasons. Among other accomplishments, Joyce was an 8-time National Tournament MVP and was inducted into the National Softball Hall of Fame in 1983.

Joyce was also a 19-year member of the LPGA Tour from 1977-1995. She was the player/coach for the U.S. Volleyball Association Connecticut Clippers and competed in four National Tournaments. She finished third in the balloting for Athletes of the Millennium in Connecticut.